In a daring act, asecurity guard took on the robbers and fired shots that killed one of them andfoiled the robbery bid at Muthoot Fincorp’ s Sunder Nagar branch afterremaining assailants fled away from the spot.
Commissioner of Police(CP) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar reached the spot, said that four robbers bargedinto the branch of Muthoot Fincorp around 10 am. He said that the robbersengaged the manager Sunny Sharma in loan conversation and tried to enter thestrong room forcibly but Sharma resisted following which one of accused openedfires on him and left him injured.
He added the alert guardSurjeet Kumar (47) of Kahna Dhesian, Jalandhar listened sound of gunfire andput the shutter down and took position outside with his weapon. He said thatwhen robbers opened the shutter and came outside, Kumar fired shot that killedone of the robber. Remaining three assailants managed to flee away from thespot by scaling walls of adjoining buildings.
Bhullar said that PCRteam on being informed, reached the spot within two minutes and took injuredSunny to the hospital where his condition is stable and out of danger.
Commissioner of Policesaid that the cops have recovered one pistol from dead robber besides one otherpistol, mobiles and bikes from nearby street thrown by them during chase bycops. He said that three special teams have been formed to nab abscondingassailants.
He told that images ofthe accused have also been shared with police of adjoining districts and GRP.
Appreciating the braveryshown by Surjeet Kumar, he said that the Punjab Police would soon award him forhis exceptional courageous act that foiled robbery.
Meanwhile, he revealedthat the recently teams of Ludhiana Commissionerate police had interacted withtheir security guards of finance dealing companies and guided them on how tokeep vigil on suspects and prevent crime.
Further, he said that wehave taken cognizance of negligence on the part of Muthoot company includingits alarm system was found non-functional and other issues. He said thatsuitable action would also be taken in this regard.
Acase under sections 393, 394, 307 of IPC and 25 section of Arms Act has beenregistered. The dead robber has been identified as Amar Partap Singh ofRasalpur village, Nalanda, Bihar.